PVAO to conduct Health and Wellness Fair for veterans, spouses

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=12&rid=804961
• Thursday, September 17, 2015

(PNA), FFC/PFN

MANILA, Sept. 17 (PNA) --- The Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) will sponsor a Health and Wellness Fair for veterans and surviving spouses Friday at the PVAO compound, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.

The event has a theme of "Alay Kalinga at Paglilingkod: Health and Wellness Fair," PVAO administrator Ernesto Carolina.

He said PVAO will also provide ambulatory devices and gift packs to 150 pre-determined pensioners who are members of the Philippine Association of War Widows, Parents and Orphans (PAWWPO) and Philippine Association of Soldiers’ Widows, Parents and Orphans (PAWSPO).

Among the free health services to be offered are physical and medical examination, eye check-up and eye glasses, Uric Acid and Cholesterol Screening, FBS/ABI Screening, and ECG Screening.

PVAO will also put up various wellness stations that will treat its pensioners to free back massage, haircut, manicure and pedicure, facial cleansing, skin consultation and analysis, among others.

Lectures on health and wellness will also be conducted. There will also be zumba sessions from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Apart from the health and wellness activities, the Legal Affairs Division will also have a Legal Assistance Desk to offer their free legal advice to pensioners regarding their transactions with PVAO.

Similarly, the Gender and Development Secretariat and Veterans Affairs and Management Division will set up a GAD Help Desk for Women.

The Health and Wellness Fair is only one of PVAO’s efforts to remember our veterans who sacrificed their life for the nation and to make them feel taken care of even in simple ways.